Plant marker



June 29,1926. 1,590,722

G. A. BRAKMEIER PLANT vMARKER Filed sept. 18, 1925 v INVENTOR Patented June 29, 1926.

Urrea stars A 1,590,722 ,Parent .erica GEORGE A. BRAKMEIER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

PLANT MARKER.

Application led September thrust into the desired position in the ground, adjacent to the plants to be marked.

A further object is to provide a marker comprising a standard with a lateral offset looped portion and a` plate formed with iianges adapted to engage the edges of the looped portion and also provided with a tongue to be bent around the looped portion in order to secure the marker per se in position, with reference to the standard.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of elements described, illustrated and claimed, it being understood that modifications may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings forming part of this applicationz Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the standard with the lower ends thereof broken away, and illustrating, 'detached from the standard, the naine plate provided with flanges and adapted to be thrust longitudinally onto the handle portion ofV the standard.

Figure 2 is a View in elevation showing the name plate in linal position on the standard.

Figure 3 is a view of the standard per se in elevation.

Figure 4 is a section on line l-t of Fig. ure 2.

Figure 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 shows a slightly modified'iorm providing a loop member extending in opposite directions trom the upper end of the standard.

The vertical portion of the standard is designated 10, and may be formed of heavy wire, or from a rod of suitable size, the upper end of this element being deflected or turned at the point 11 to provide a horizontally extending portion 12 constituting one element of a looped member. Portion 12 is deflected or bent at 13 and extends downwardly as shown at 14, being then deflected at l5 to form horizontal portion 16,

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approximately parallel with portion 12 and terminating at the point 17, adjacent to the vertical portion 10 of the standard.

The looped portion thus provided constitutes in a very real sense a handle member, and permits the standard, which is sharpened at its lower end 18 to be thrust into the ground by exerting moderate pressure on the looped portion. When the required position has been secured, the naine` plate is moved yinto position as illustrated in Figure 2.

rIhe name plate or marker per se is designated 2O and includes the rolled or flanged portions 21, parallel with each other and proportioned to lit over the elements 12 and 16 of the handle, so that-the name plates may be mounted by merely thrusting the latter toward the standard, with the flanges in overlapping relation with reference to the elements of the loop or handle. A tongue 28 is provided on the extreme end of the marker, constituting the outer end when the parts are in assembled position, and this tongue is designed to be bent around the element 14 of the looped member and to constitute a retaining device. rlhe eXtreme end of tongue 23 is shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, it being assumed that the tongue has been bent into linal position. It is obvious that various securing means might be provided, but the tongue may be formed integrally with'the body portion of plate 20 and this arrangement may beconsidered a preferred form. The plate 20 carries the name of the tree, shrub, or plant to be designated by the marker, the manner oit' applying the wording not being important.

In Figure 6 I have shown a modied form in which a loop member 25 includes end portions 26 and 27 extending on opposite sides of the standard 10. This loop 25 is usually in one piece with the standard, and the upper and lower sides of the loop are in parallel relation, so that a plurality of marking devices, such as 28 and 29 may be'placed upon the opposite end portions of the loop considered as a whole. It is obvious that element 25 constitutes a handle, in the same sense that the single loop member of the previous form is so used.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A marker, comprising a standard including a handle portion, and a marking plate formed with flanges on opposite edges thereof and formed with a tongue, said flanges and tongue engaging the edges of the handle portion. Y

2. A marker, 'comprising a standard including an upper offset looped portion approximately rectangular in form, and a marking plate including guiding and retaining lianged portions for engaging the outer edges oi the looped portion, and formed with means for engaging an end'of the looped portion, forv preventing relative sliding movement between the .plate and loopedk portion after the `plate has loeenV mounted. v

3. A markingdevi'e'e, lcomprising a standard and` looped means offset from opposite vsides of the standard, and marking means applied to opposite portions of the looped means.

In testimony whereof I' ax my signature.

GEORGEI A. BRAKMEIER. 

